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In 1869, with a Democratic presidential defeat the previous year, and in an attempt to reduce influence in the Fort Madison area by the local Republican newspaper, the Plain Dealer, Charles L. Morehouse launched the weekly Fort Madison Democrat. The new paper was financed by Dr. A. C. Roberts, a respected local physician who had served as a medical officer during the Civil War.
